Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata

Mathematics IV (MA 2203): Spring 2018

Exercise Set - I

For the questions posed in Rn , it is enough to consider n = 2 and n = 3.

1. Let T : Rn → Rn , be a linear transformation. Prove or disprove the following:
i) T is invertible if and only if KerT = {0}.
ii) T is invertible if and only if the range of T contains an open set of Rn .
iii) T is invertible if and only if KerT is a bounded set in Rn .

2. Classify all subspaces of R3 geometrically.

3. Suppose there there exist two distinct nonzero points x, y lies in the range of a linear
transformation such that the area of the triangle formed by these two points and the origin
has nonzero area. Is T : R2 → R2 . Is T invertible?
4. Prove that the sum of the lengths of two sides of a triangle in R2 is great than or equal
to the length of the third side.
5. (True or False: Justify your answer)
i) Any inner-product preserving transformation on R2 is linear.
ii) Let u, v ∈ R2 be two vectors orthogonal to each other. Then
||u + v||2 = ||u||2 + ||v||2 .
iii) Two vectors u, v ∈ R2 are orthogonal to each other if and only if
||u − v||2 = ||u||2 + ||v||2 .
iv) For two vectors u, v ∈ R2
||u|| = ||v|| ⇐⇒ u − v ⊥ u + v.
v) Image of a straight line under any distance preserving map of R2 is a straight line.
vi) Image of a parabola under any distance preserving map of R2 is a parabola.
vii) Image of a circle under any distance preserving map of R2 is a circle.
viii) Image of a hyperbola under any distance preserving map of R2 is a hyperbola.
ix) The map T : R2 → R2 defined by T (x, y) = (x, x + y) is distance preserving.

6. Show that rotation in R2 is distance preserving.

7. Let T : R2 → R2 be a orthogonal transformation. Show that it is a rotation.
8. Show that the maps of the form f (z) = az + b and g(z) = az + b are distance preserving
map of C. (C is is identified with R2 via the identification x + iy 7→ (x, y) )
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9. Let 4ABC and 4DEF be two triangles in R2 . Show that the two triangles are congruent
if and only if there is a distance preserving map T : R2 → R2 such that T (4ABC) = 4DEF .

10. Let L be straight line passing through the origin. Does there exist a linear transformation
T : R2 → R2 such that L = kerT . Justify your answer.
11. Does there exist a one-one correspondence from the collection of all linear distance
preserving maps in R2 to the collection of all orthogonal 2 × 2 matrices. Justify your
answer.
12. Let T : R2 → R2 be a map such that
||T x|| = ||x|| ∀x ∈ R2 .
Is T linear? Justify your answer.